Woman, girl dead in domestic-related slaying on NW side

Ania Kosinska, 34, right, and her daughter Victoria Kotlinski, 7, were found dead in a home Sunday morning on the Northwest Side.

Ania Kosinska, 34, right, and her daughter Victoria Kotlinski, 7, were found dead in a home Sunday morning on the Northwest Side. (Kosinska Facebook photos)

Carlos Sadovi, Lisa Black, Jeremy GornerTribune reporters

Cops: Man killed woman, girl on NW Side after trying to kill self

A woman and a girl were found dead in a home Sunday morning on the Northwest Side and a man is in custody after he claimed that he killed his family, police said.

The victims were identified by police and friends as Ania Kosinska, 34, and her daughter Victoria Kotlinski, 7.

The girl is the daughter of the man being questioned, police said.

No charges had been filed as of Monday afternoon, according to officials.

The two were pronounced dead on the scene at 9:15 a.m. Autopsies conducted today determined that both the mother and daughter died of multiple stab and incised wounds and their deaths were ruled homicides, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

At about 9 a.m. a man who was described as suicidal was found in north suburban Waukegan police said. The man said that he had killed family members at his home on the 3400 block of North Odell Avenue in the Belmont Heights neighborhood, police said. He apparently attempted to decapitate the two victims, police said.

When officers responded to the home for a well-being check Sunday morning they found a woman and a girl dead at the home, police said.

Neighbors said they were told by police that the dead girl was 7 years old and that the man had taken a 5-year-old girl to a relative's home in Waukegan. Police said they have launched a domestic-related murder investigation.

Waukegan Mayor Wayne Motley said that the suspect went to his father's home in Waukegan and told his father that he had killed his family members and was going to kill himself.

The father then called Waukegan police who found the suspect with a knife to his throat, Motley said. He said police had to twice shoot the man with a Taser to get him to drop the knife, Motley said.

"He had a knife to his (own) throat," said Motley.

Waukegan fire battalion Chief David Roberts said that the suspect was transported to Vista East Medical Center in Waukegan with an injury to his neck that was self inflicted.

"He was not in critical condition," Roberts said.

He declined to provide the names of the suspect and victims. Waukegan police referred calls to Chicago authorities.

After being called by Waukegan police, Chicago police officers responded to the home for a well-being check where they found the woman and girl dead, police said.

Neighbors said they were told by police that the dead girl was 7 years old and that the man had taken a 5-year-old girl to a relative's home in Waukegan.

Neighbors were told that the victims were fatally stabbed. The man allegedly tried to kill himself. Police said the man is in custody.

Rev. Richard Milek of the St. Francis Borgia parish emerged from the home. He said while he didn't know the family he was in the neighborhood and someone saw him and asked him to go in to the home and pray.

Gerald Rocco, 61, who lives around the block, said he often saw the family walking. His wife saw the couple and both girls -- one riding a children's toy car -- walking with their dog at about 7 p.m. Saturday night.

"It's a shame," Rocco said. "Little did (the wife) know she had less than eight hours to live.’’

Rumors flew around the neighborhood about what happened, as residents gathered along the sidewalks and on front porches to watch police and technicians remove evidence from the house.

A city Animal Control vehicle sat in the driveway much of the day, before workers emerged from the house with two large bags presumed to be holding the remains of the family pets.

Neighbors said the family had two cats and a dog.

Patti Schoessow, who lives directly across the street, said both parents worked. She believes the man worked in construction. His wife recently got her driver's license, she said.